The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03

the men VINO rODDeu MIN OF Ills
money two weeks before. They were
out on bond at the time of the lynch
ing and were present.
Duff was at a house not far from
where Coon had been. He made a
desperate resistance, but single
handed. the guards doing nothing
in his defense. Duff was not allow
ed to even put on his shoes, He
cried out as they dragged him away:
That is Wade Kountz who has
hold of me ~
Another man named Coon, dis
tant relative of the man who was
hung, was present and wore no mask,
while all of the others did. They
had previously held a meeting at
the school house near and resolved
on these two executions.
Duf's last words were addressed
to his wife who was present:
ELLEN, they are going to kill mel
| tell you for the last time / am not
guilty.
He was dragged a few rods from
the house and his throat cut with a
knife. His only words were, "Oh,
Godp' Oh, Godr'
The body of Coon hung to the tree
and Duff's lay on the road all that
night and all the beautiful Sabbath
which followed, so great being the
reign of terror that nobody dared
obey the dictates of dencency and
humanity and remove them.
MR.. RYAN's FUNERAL.
On Sunday Rev. Mr.. Ryan was
buried. Probably such funeral
was never seen before in time of
peace. Long before the hour an
nounced large crowds were to be
seen on all the roads leading to the
murdered minister's late residence.
By 10 o'clock fully 1900 people had
gathered there. Many of them were
armed with guns; others had revolv-
ers in their belts with no effort at
coneealment.
The residence is a model country
home, with an organ and many evil
dences of refinement. The funeral
services were impressive in the ex-
IRENE. Rev. Mr.. Shackelford, of
Spencer, officiated. Mr.. Ryan's re-
mains were laid to rest near his
home on gentle hill under a spread
ing chestnut tree, where he had often
expressed desire to sleep the sleep
that knows no earthly waking.
The last words of the murdered
man were poetical and beautiful:
II am going to meet Mother at the
gate"
THE TRIAL OF DRAKE.
Monday morning at the Ryan res
idence was set as the time and place
for the preliminary hearing of Perry
Drake, who had meantime been kept
in the woods by the guard. He was
taken up stairs and in the presence
of five witnesses every artifice was
resorted to to obtain confession,
but totally in vain. He remarked
that they might kill him, for they
had him foul, but he would tell the
truth. He knew nothing of the
murder; he was not friendly with
Coon, the Duffs or Dan Cunningham
The last named had arrested him a
a short time before for illicit distill-
ing. He insisted upon trial at
first, but later was persuaded to
valves hearing, and upon making
an affidavit that he did not believe
his life would be safe in the Roane
county Jail at Spencer, he was order
ed to be transferred to the Kanawha
county JAIL. where he was taken by
Detective Burnett, Constable Glib
son and a posse. Drake has never
confessed directly or indirectly, nor
did any Of the accused confess at
any time.
Drake is still in the Kanawha Jail,
but has SO little fear of indictment
that he has refused to employ coun-
sci.
CIRCUMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
The shot which killed Mr.. Ryan
is alleged to have been fired from
Coon's pistol, a forty-fo four Colts
double action revolver. Reliable
tests have since shown that shot
from that revolver will not have the
effect that shot did. An empty
shell found under the window of the
Ryan house shows that it belonged
to Winchester rife, the only gun
of which kind in the country belong
ed to one of the men accused of COM
plicity in the Keyser robbery, and
identified by Mr.. Keyser, and this
man, it is boldly charged, was prom
inent in the lynching party.
'What is your theory about the
case?' the reporter asked Capt. Bur
nett.
cit was the work of some of the
!, worst members of the Consolidated
Band,'" said he, land their object
was to secure cash for their defense
in their approaching trials for rob
berry and arson
Scan you account for the wherea
bouts of the accused at the timer"
eyes, sir; every one of them"
CUNNINGHAM IN CHARLESTON.
"Where is Dan Cunningham, the
alleged leaderY'
cat Charleston now, under the
protection of the detectives. He has
never tried to elude Justice; has
been before Judge Fleming and late
= ly been with Detective Baldwin and
myself to jackson and Roane to Sc
cure evidence against the lynchers
who will be prosecuted sooner OF
later to the bitter end"
, "Where will that prosecution be
in Roane county?"
ut is bound to be; they will moi
remove it. And / do not know that
it ought TO be removed. The next
step will be legal one, the movers
being the law-abiding people, whom
you must not forget in all this talk
, are in the majority there. The off
Gals will do their duty
:, THE NEW KENTUCKY FEUDS.
what was the origin of the feuds